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Established in 2009, the European CCS Demonstration Project Network (The Network), has been a unique knowledge-sharing effort aimed towards development and deployment of the CCS technology. The Network currently consists of four CCS projects in Europe: fo ...

The ENGO Network on CCS actively advocates for policies that will lead to the rapid uptake of low carbon technologies and climate change mitigation strategies. Following the Network's 2012 paper, this work re-examines the role of CCS as a technology ...

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Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)Policy, law and regulationDomestic policy

Christian Friis Bach’s speech, ‘UNECE Executive Secretary calls for more effort to develop, demonstrate and deploy CCS technology’, has been republished as an opinion leader’s article in the Institute’s Focus on CCS series. The series features contributio ...

The Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute hosted its annual Members Meeting and CCS Forum for European Members on 24/25 September 2015 at the Glasgow Science Centre. Institute staff from the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) office attended ...

Howard Herzog's article, CCS at a crossroads, is part of an opinion leader’s article series for Focus on CCS. The series features contributions from world leading authorities on carbon capture and storage (CCS), presenting their perspectives on the r ...

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EconomicsCarbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)Policy, law and regulation

The following Insight is an excerpt from an article by Howard Herzog, Senior Research Engineer in the MIT Energy Initiative. Howard is a leading figure in the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, driving greenhouse gas mitigation technology research ...

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Public engagementEconomicsCarbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)Policy, law and regulationCapacity development

Organisation: Toshiba The Global CCS Institute has recently published a feasibility study report on applying carbon capture and storage (CCS) to a steel plant in China. Toshiba was commissioned to conduct the study in collaboration with Chinese corporat ...

The Lacq Pilot project is a fully integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) project operated by Total in the Lacq region of south-eastern France. From 2009 to 2013 the project captured more than 51 thousand tonnes (kt) of carbon dioxide (CO 2) through o ...

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Engineering and project deliveryCarbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)

This publication describes Total’s Lacq CCS pilot demonstration project. The pilot project entailed the conversion of an existing air-fired boiler to a 30 MWth oxy-combustion boiler that produced a flue gas with a high CO 2 content. The project’s aim was ...

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Engineering and project deliveryCarbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)